Mary Augusta Ward : (3) " For nine years, till the spring of 1881, we lived in Oxford, in a little house north of the Parks, in what was then the newest quarter of the University town. " - Mary Augusta Ward " Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879. " - Mary Augusta Ward " As far as intellectual training was concerned, my nine years from seven to sixteen were practically wasted. " - Mary Augusta Ward